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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Bahrain Open
May 8 - 12, 2007

(20) Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands

Jochem De Gruijter
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 18, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leidschendam

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (St. Petersburg 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$115,750.00

Gijs Ronnes
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 10, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Boxmeer

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (St. Petersburg 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$118,270.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	63	0	0	1	1	2	2	5	9	11	13	10	8	1	US$219,400.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,200.00
Overall	65	1	0	2	1	2	2	5	9	11	13	10	8	1	US$222,600.00

Previous Manama Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	16	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	20	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q3	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	25, Q1	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	27	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	23	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	24, Q1	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	27, Q4	17th	160	US$4,900.00

Bahrain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/9/2007	Winner 1	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (13)	Won 24-22, 21-18	0:46
Wed, 5/9/2007	Winner 2	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (4)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:40
Thu, 5/10/2007	Contender 2	Jackson Henriquez / Igor Hernandez, Venezuela (30, Q22)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:41
Thu, 5/10/2007	Contender 3	Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (12)	Lost 8-21, 15-21	0:35

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$10,300.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	5	0	$65,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	8	8	7	0	$143,300.00
Satellite	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00
Total	65	1	0	2	1	2	2	5	9	11	13	0	$222,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jochem De Gruijter												Gijs Ronnes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,150.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,150.00
21	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	7	0	$36,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	6	0	$35,400.00
43	0	0	1	1	2	13	8	8	0	$72,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	0	0	1	1	2	14	10	7	0	$76,120.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	Satellite	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
68	1	0	2	1	4	14	11	16	0	$115,750.00	Total	82	1	0	2	1	4	15	14	14	0	$118,270.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	5	6	45.5 %
2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	$21,500.00	14	13	51.9 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	4	0	100.0 %
2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	4	4	0	$64,300.00	21	29	42.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	5	1	83.3 %
2006	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	$37,300.00	19	15	55.9 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	38	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	6	6	9	12	$127,600.00	61	65	48.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00	9	1	90.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jochem De Gruijter													Gijs Ronnes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	$5,020.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	$10,750.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	$10,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	4	0	$32,150.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	4	0	$32,150.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
10	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	1	$21,350.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	$18,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
42	1	0	2	0	2	8	6	11	12	$68,100.00	Total	Total	56	1	0	2	0	2	8	9	10	24	$70,420.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	64	66.7%	19	19.8%	13	13.5%	83-13	86.5%	20	16.8%	18	15.1%	81	68.1%	20-99	16.8%	64-81	44.1%	39-31	55.7%	3	1	106-113	48.4%
2006-2007	32	69.6%	8	17.4%	6	13.0%	40-6	87.0%	7	14.9%	9	19.1%	31	66.0%	7-40	14.9%	32-31	50.8%	15-15	50.0%	1	0	48-46	51.1%
Against the Field	25	65.8%	7	18.4%	6	15.8%	32-6	84.2%	6	10.7%	7	12.5%	43	76.8%	6-50	10.7%	50-80	38.5%	26-26	50.0%	2	1	40-54	42.6%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	15	8	7	11	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	32
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	19	11	0	3	0	0	23	31	0	2	1	1	0	0	72	77
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	1
Total	0	0	34	19	8	16	0	0	30	41	0	2	2	1	1	0	115	114

Head to Head Results
De Gruijter/Ronnes trail the series against the field 17-18 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-3
7/23/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Bronze Medal	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27	Rego/Santos	1	21-19, 21-19	0:39
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-16, 21-13	0:28
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	21-15, 21-13	0:40
7/31/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 6	Rego/Santos	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 2 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27	21-14, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-3
7/22/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27	21-15, 21-11	0:42
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	15	21-14, 21-13	0:49
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	7, Q1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	4	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-17, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against # 5 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 1-0
7/22/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27	Cunha/Neto	4	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Baracetti/Conde	18	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-16, 21-12	0:40
Series tied with # 10 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-1
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-16, 21-23, 15-8	0:57
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-2
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	13	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-10, 21-18	0:47
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	17, Q1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	24-22, 17-21, 15-11	1:06
Trail the series against # 12 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 3	Doppler/Gartmayer	12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-8, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 2-1
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Herrera/Mesa	13	24-22, 21-18	0:46
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q1	Herrera/Mesa	25	21-12, 21-18	0:48
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	20	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 16 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-3
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool F	Kais/Vesik	6	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27, Q4	21-13, 21-12	0:33
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	19	Kais/Vesik	13	By Forfeit
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	13	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-18, 19-21, 19-17	0:59
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q28	21-13, 21-17	0:38
Series tied with # 17 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-1
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Leinemann/VanHuizen	19	21-18, 23-21	0:42
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Leinemann/VanHuizen	Q11	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q22	21-19, 31-29	0:58
Lead the series against # 18 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-0
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	22	Cadieux/Heese	28, Q3	22-20, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 22 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	Lochhead/Pitman	Q14	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
8/11/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	19, Q4	21-16, 15-21, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 24 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
10/16/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Bronze Medal	De Gruijter/Ronnes	3	Gscheidle/Schnider	4	21-19, 22-20	0:43
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 30, Q22 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 1-0
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Henriquez/Hernandez	30, Q22	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # Q16 Kruger/Montgomery, Canada 1-0
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q3	Kruger/Montgomery	Q30	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # Q27 Ivkovic/Krizanovic, Croatia 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	Ivkovic/Krizanovic	10	21-14, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against # Q29 Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
6/16/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	31, Q25	Indra/Wachter	Q40	21-12, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # Q31 Beck/Bleiker, Switzerland 1-0
8/28/04	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	2	Beck/Bleiker	15, Q8	21-14, 21-15	0:38